I read a post on another site that noticed that McClellin often admits defeat before the play is over. Essentially, instead of using all his energy to get to the QB, he'll retreat and try to swat a ball down. This trait hurts his pass rushing but is usually considered a good trait for LBs to have. Basically, he is good at reading plays._________________Adopt-Bear:Jon Bostic Tackles: 56 INT:1 Sack:1

We need our OL to block as well as it did last Sunday if we hope to contain Jared Allen.

Christian Ponder doesn't exactly strike fear into my eyes, but they're going to have their hands full with AP. Mans on a tear (even though he had a ton of negative yardage plays after his big one to start on Sunday), and our D is going to have clean up the sloppiness overall if they don't want him to shred us apart.

After seeing the second half on Sunday I think we have a more well-rounded offense that was playing with a lot of confidence late on Sunday. I hope for the Bears to pick up right where they left off.....

Bears 31, Vikings 17_________________👮

Adopt-a-Bear: Martellus Bennett, TE
Rec: 77 Yds: 821 TD: 6

AZBearsFan wrote:

He's a playmaker though, and we can use more of those in the Devin.Fart

This will be the key to the game for any team that faces the Vikings all year…do not under an circumstance let Adrian Peterson beat you…pick you poison and make Christian Ponder try to beat you through the air…for all the moves they made in the offseason in adding Greg Jennings & Cordarrelle Patterson to the outside they still don’t seem to have the QB in Ponder to get those guys the ball down the field on a consistent basis to open up the box for Peterson…usually I would say our front seven is a match up for any player but after what we saw in Cinccy there are many things that need to be improved…out of the seven guys only two guys played at a good level in Stephen Paea & James Anderson…Lance Briggs had one good series where he made two great plays…but outside of that he was guilty of missed tackles...DJ Williams just didn’t do enough IMO…Henry Melton was much the same and was just unable to make his usual impact as a pass rusher…Corey Wootton was held in check and Julius Peppers was perhaps the most unimpressive going up against a 2nd stringer and not having an effect as a rusher or against the run…all five guys need to step it up…the good news is Peterson isn’t quite as effective without FB Jerome Felton in the line-up…last year his YPC was 6.9 yards with Felton in the line-up but 4.6 YPC without him…I also think they are missing Geoff Schwartz on the right side of the line with Phil Loadholt to simply overpower teams at the POA…and in the season opener against Detroit Peterson ran for 93 yards…78 yards came on one run…so in his next 17 rushing attempts he was help to just 15 yards…we have to have similar success.

Bears Oline vs. Vikings Dline…

We saw major progression on our Oline against the Bengals…we held arguably the best Dline in football without a sack and were able to stop the consistent pressure that Cutler has faced since arriving in Chicago…we also didn’t beat ourselves with false starts or holding penalties and saw the future with Kyle Long & Jordan Mills more than holding their own…but let’s not get carried away…it was only one game and we still have work to do…especially when it comes to run blocking…on 19 carries Matt Forte was held to just 50 yards…2.6 YPC is not going to win us many games…altho I don’t think for a second that Minnesota’s front seven is as talented as Cinccy’s they still have some talented up front in Jared Allen, Kevin Williams & Chad Greenway…our Oline has to get a helmet on a helmet and drive these guys backwards to give Forte some running room…doing that will not only let us be more balanced on offence but will also allow us to slow down their pass rush…and as we saw against Cinccy when Cutler has time he can be real good.

Start Fast…

I’m not sure whether it was the nerves of his first NFL game…or wanting to just get Cutler into some kind of rhythm…or if he was fearful of what the Bengals pass rush could do to a new Oline…whatever it was the play calling in the first half against Cinccy was very conservative and I think it showed in how much they were able to crowd the LOS and shut down the running game…in the 2nd half when he started to attack we saw the potential of what this offence can do…Trestman has to trust in Cutler and co to get it done early…lets be aggressive and try and make this a statement game…lets attack from the first whistle to the last.

I expect a much better game from our front 7. We know guys like Briggs, Melton, and Peppers are a lot better than what they showed on Sunday. Maybe Pepp is declining, but he's still gotta be better than what we just saw. BJGE isn't a guy you game plan around, AP is. I expect a much better game from our stars on D._________________👮

Adopt-a-Bear: Martellus Bennett, TE
Rec: 77 Yds: 821 TD: 6

AZBearsFan wrote:

He's a playmaker though, and we can use more of those in the Devin.Fart

NFC Norris. Black and Blue division. Play like you mean it. Bostic is taking notes?

Note this.

Wonder what Old Bear Leslie Frazier will be telling his team?_________________"I have to keep playing so people over 40 will have somebody to root for on Sunday afternoons." George Blanda who played until he was 46

I'm surprised they didn't beat us during their superbowl run in 2009 with favre.

I'm surprised they beat the Bears last year in Minnesota and went on to make the playoffs. I just don't think they're really that good of a team.

Ponder severely limits what they're able to do on offense. Imagine they didn't have AP?

The Vikings are still building and last year was somewhat premature. They should have never won that game against the Bears last year. We were bad and made them look better than they were. However, we will have to play as well as we did Sunday to beat them, I don't think they are going to self-destruct in a wave of stupidity like the Bengals did. Keep the turnovers coming.